Amazon Milk Frog Care Sheet

Amazon Milk Frogs are one of the larger tree frogs in captivity. They are big, bold, easily handled when mature, and visually striking with their brown and white stripes, and blue toes. Amazon Milk frogs have a loud call at night.

Amazon Milk Frogs are also sometimes called Gold Mission Frogs due to their peculiar eyes.

Trade Name(s)

These frogs are most commonly called ‘Amazon Milk Frogs‘ presently, due to the milky white secretions that are released from the frog’s back when threatened (this rarely occurs with captive bred animals). In the past, Amazon Milk Frogs have also been called Amazon Cave Frogs, and Gold Mission Frogs, due to black markings on their eyes that resemble crucifixes.

Family & Scientific Name

Hylidae; Trachycephalus resinifictrix

Range & Origin

Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, French Guiana, British Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Basically, Amazon Milk Frogs can be found throughout the Amazonian Basin, below 800m in elevation.

Adult Size

Adult Amazon Milk frogs can measure from 3” to 5”, with females being larger than males. Amazon Milk Frogs will continue to grow throughout their lives, and older animals can be quite large.

Adult amazon milk frogs can get quite large.

Life Span

Captive life span of the Amazon Milk Frog is unknown, but suspected to be in the 5-10 year range, based on experience with similar species.

For younger Amazon Milk Frogs, moist paper towel or long fiber sphagnum moss is preferred. Adult Amazon Milk Frogs can also be kept above water instead of a substrate. All substrate should be changed frequently.

Many feeder insects can be kept easily at home with care kits, such as the Cricket Care Kit above from Josh’s Frogs.

Cleaning Amazon Milk Frogs are big frogs, and as such, can make a big mess. Water bowls should be cleaned daily and scrubbed out with hot water. Change the substrate at least once a week, and clean the enclosure and decor with a 5% bleach solution. If paper towel is used as a substrate, it should be cleaned daily.

Handling
Young Amazon Milk Frogs can be fragile, and should not be handled on a regular basis. Once your Amazon Milk Frog is 2” or larger, it can be handled with some frequency. Make sure to moisten your hands before handling your Amazon Milk Frog, and always wash with warm water and soap afterward.

Handling young amazon milk frogs is not recommended, but adults will tolerate occasional handling.

Conclusion Amazon Milk Frogs are a fairly new species to the pet trade, and continue to grow in popularity. These large, bold, easily kept frogs are sure to become more common as time progresses, and continue to win people over with their attractive pattern and ease of care.

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can you keep a pair of amazon milk frogs and a pair of marbled salamanders together in a 55 gal?..i feel like the frogs would stay up top the tank while salamanders stay on the bottom. both of there colors are greyish and black and think a display tank with a pair of each of these animals would look very impressive..

Many male tree frogs will have nuptial pads on their front feet (basically located where the base of their thumb would be they had one). Male tree frogs also tend to be smaller and have a narrower head than females. Sexual maturity depends greatly on species – with milk frogs, an educated guess on sex can be made at about 6 months.